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  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session I: Bioengineering I
    Location: 119 A
    Chair: Michael Dunne, PhD – Moffitt Cancer Center
    Co-Chair: Ayelet David, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    Optoelectronic Technologies for Leadless Modulation of Cells with Sub-Cellular Resolution
    Location: 119 A
    Invited Speaker: Hemi Rotenberg (he/him/his) – Technion, Israel institute of technology
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:29 AM - 10:54 AM EDT
    Leveraging a pulsatile delivery platform to create a single-injection rabies vaccine
    Location: 119 A
    Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:54 AM - 11:05 AM EDT
    Isolation and Focal Treatment of Brain Aneurysms using Interfacial Fluid Trapping
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Maria Khoury, PhD – Technion IIT
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:05 AM - 11:16 AM EDT
    Stretching cell stimulation enhances nonviral genedelivery: internalization pathways and YAP dynamic
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Flaminia Fruzzetti, MSc – Politecnico di Milano
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:16 AM - 11:27 AM EDT
    Injectable devices as cell factory implants for therapeutic antibody production
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Marwa Sallam, PhD (she/her/hers) – school of Engineering, Brown University
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:27 AM - 11:38 AM EDT
    Evaluation of a Collagen Type II-Targeted Peptide-Drug Conjugate for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Laavanya Devarajan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    Bioengineering
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:49 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Biophysical State-Driven Regulation of Biomimetic Nanoparticles: Nanomedicine Applications
    Location: 119 A
    Local Chapter Speaker: Sebastião A. Mendanha, PhD (he/him/his) – Federal University of Goiás
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Bioengineering)
    Location: 120 B/C
    Chair: Laura Ensign, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Chair: Huiliang Wang, PhD – University of Texas at Austin
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    Delivery of nanoparticulate vaccines by microneedle patch
    Location: 120 B/C
    Invited Speaker: Mark Prausnitz, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:29 AM - 10:54 AM EDT
    Supercharging Immunotherapy Through Nanotechnology: Chemical Structure Matters
    Location: 120 B/C
    Invited Speaker: Natalie Artzi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:54 AM - 11:05 AM EDT
    Leveraging Cell-Penetrating Peptides and Liposomes to Enhance Nanobody Therapy in Breast Cancer
    Location: 120 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Giulia Pander, licensed pharmacist (she/her/hers) – Heidelberg University
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:05 AM - 11:16 AM EDT
    Programmably Degradable Oxanorbornadiene Hydrogels for Functional Biomolecular Release
    Location: 120 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Wenting Shi (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:16 AM - 11:27 AM EDT
    Chiral Quantum Dots Enhanced Small Extracellular Vesicles for Gene Delivery
    Location: 120 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Yichun Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:27 AM - 11:38 AM EDT
    Fabrication and evaluation of calcium polyphosphate-based graft materials for spinal fusion
    Location: 120 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: FNU VIKAS, PhD (Pharmaceutics) – Masonic Medical Research Institute
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:38 AM - 11:49 AM EDT
    Sweet Encounters:Studying nanoparticle-glycan interactions by metabolic labeling and click chemistry
    Location: 120 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Melissa C. Hendrén, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Helsinki
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:49 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Single-Administration Self-Boosting Microneedle Patch for The Treatment of Obesity
    Location: 120 B/C
    Local Chapter Speaker: Parbeen Singh, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Bioengineering II
    Location: 119 A
    Chair: Owen S. Fenton, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Chair: Mark S. Bannon, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    2:04 PM - 2:29 PM EDT
    Bioinspired Peptide-Based Materials for Regenerative Therapies
    Location: 119 A
    Invited Speaker: Lihi Adler-Abramovich, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tel Aviv University
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    2:29 PM - 2:54 PM EDT
    Therapeutic Genome editing in Cancer via Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles entrapping RNAs
    Location: 119 A
    Invited Speaker: Dan Peer – Tel Aviv University
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    2:54 PM - 3:05 PM EDT
    Antibody drug-loaded unimicelle conjugates (ADUCs): a novel platform enabling ultra-high DAR
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Kenichi Suzuki, PhD (he/him/his) – Kowa Pharmaceutical Europe AG
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    3:05 PM - 3:16 PM EDT
    “Affinity cocktails” of alpha-particle radionuclide antibody-conjugates for solid tumors
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Aira Sarkar, MSE (she/her/hers) – Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT), Johns Hopkins University
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    3:16 PM - 3:27 PM EDT
    Low-dose chemotherapy Empowers alpha-Particle Radionuclide Therapy Against Metastatic Breast Cancer
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Pooja Hariharan – Johns Hopkins University
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    3:27 PM - 3:38 PM EDT
    Physics-Informed Predictive Modeling of Bacterial Vaginosis Pathogen Dynamics
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Bassam Fotouh, B.Sc. (he/him/his) – University of Louisville
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    3:38 PM - 3:49 PM EDT
    Efficient Vascular Handoff: Rapid Cargo Transfer from Carrier RBCs to Downstream Vasculature
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Jing N. Liu, phd (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Bioengineering
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    3:49 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Development of Hybrid Cell Membrane Nanovesicles for Enhanced Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: HO THI LUU, Yes (she/her/hers) – Taipei Medical University
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Bioengineering III
    Location: 119 A
    Chair: John R. Clegg, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma
    Co-Chair: Zongmin Zhao
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    4:34 PM - 4:59 PM EDT
    Advanced Technologies for Heart Tissue Engineering
    Location: 119 A
    Invited Speaker: Tal Dvir, PhD (he/him/his) – Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    4:59 PM - 5:24 PM EDT
    In vitro assessment of cell-based drug delivery systems
    Location: 119 A
    Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Michael Dunne, PhD – Moffitt Cancer Center
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:24 PM - 5:35 PM EDT
    Engineering narrow band gap nanotherapeutics for multimodal treatments of colon cancer
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Manoj Kandel, Nanoparticles and Cancer Therapy (he/him/his) – National Tsing Hua University
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:35 PM - 5:46 PM EDT
    High resolution solution biophysics for identifying lipid nanoparticle trends in vivo and ex vivo
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Marshall S. Padilla, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:46 PM - 5:57 PM EDT
    Silicon Nanoneedles A Breakthrough Platform for Controlled, Sustained Macular Degeneration Treatment
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Phuc Nguyen (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:57 PM - 6:08 PM EDT
    Albubody platform for enhanced anti-tumor efficacy of scfv-based drug conjugates
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Na Hyun Kwon, ME (she/her/hers) – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    6:08 PM - 6:19 PM EDT
    Gas-entrapping materials to improve HIPEC for ovarian cancer
    Location: 119 A
    Oral Abstract Speaker: James D. Byrne, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Iowa
    Bioengineering
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    6:19 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Engineering Human PEG10-based Nanoparticles for RNA Self-packaging, Delivery and Cancer Therapy
    Location: 119 A
    Local Chapter Speaker: Yu-Chen Hu, PhD (he/him/his) – National Tsing Hua University
    Bioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Session VII: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Bioengineering)
    Location: 121 B/C
    Chair: Adam J. Gormley, PhD – Rutgers University
    Co-Chair: Alexandre Detappe, PhD (he/him/his) – Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    8:04 AM - 8:29 AM EDT
    Membrane-wrapped nanoparticles for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy of triple-negative breast cancer
    Location: 121 B/C
    Invited Speaker: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    8:29 AM - 8:54 AM EDT
    Invited Speaker Presentation II
    Location: 121 B/C
    Invited Speaker: Omid Veiseh, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    8:54 AM - 9:05 AM EDT
    Extracellular Vesicle Lipid Rafts Profiling as a Blueprint for Targeted EV-Mimetic Therapies
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Oliwia Majchrzak, MScEng (she/her/hers) – University of Geneva
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    9:05 AM - 9:16 AM EDT
    Lipid Nanoparticles Comprising Poly-phosphocholine Conjugates for Nucleic Acid Delivery
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Evgenia Mitsou, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Hellenic Research Foundation
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    9:16 AM - 9:27 AM EDT
    Novel glucose dendrimer approach to target hyperactive neurons in vivo: mechanistic insights
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Narendra Kale (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    9:27 AM - 9:38 AM EDT
    Tendon-derived ECM enables percutaneous delivery of iMSC-SCX+ for tendon defect healing
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Ahmet E. Pazarceviren, PhD (he/him/his) – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    9:38 AM - 9:49 AM EDT
    Short-Chain Brushed PEGylation Evades Anti-PEG Immunity to Enhance Nanomedicine Safety and Efficacy
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Si-Han Wu, PhD (he/him/his) – Taipei Medical University
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • Friday, Jul 18th
    9:49 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Advancing PROTAC Delivery: Liposomal, NAB, and Cyclodextrin-Based Formulations of ACBI2
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Miriam Jaki (she/her/hers) – University of Freiburg
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering